Steph now talks nonstop about getting her ears pierced (as opposed to when she used to talk nonstop about wanting to get them pierced). If we played Six Degrees of Stephanie's Ears, I bet you couldn't name someone who isn't related in six or fewer moves to someone who now knows she's getting her ears pierced. Today I took Kathy's suggestion and picked up a copy of the Judith Viorst book Earrings!—which we probably should have had on hand for the last couple of years!
Stephanie keeps asking for details about how it's done. She's not even a little nervous, being the trouper she is about blood tests and shots, but she is curious. I've been trying to explain the "gun" that is used, that they will draw dots on her earlobes to make sure they're even, and so on. Well, today I came right up to her ear with my hand in a gun shape to demonstrate and she said, "Oh! I thought they do it from far away and have to aim really well!" The poor kid was imagining someone firing an earring gun at her from across the room! Andy took that a step farther and said, "Yeah, that's how people end up with pierced noses and eyebrows and lips and stuff—when they miss shooting at the earlobes!" We all laughed a lot over that at dinnertime tonight.
1. Pleasepleaseplease can I get my ears pierced??
2. Hooray, I'm getting my ears pierced!
3. I got my ears pierced!
4. Pleasepleaseplease can I get my nose pierced??
:)
Posted by: scott | December 07, 2005 at 06:56 PM
I used to pierce ears professionally when I was in college. If there's any additional information you need to have provided, I'm here to serve. *grin*
Posted by: mac | December 08, 2005 at 11:16 AM
That is funny. I wonder what size bullets they would use.
Posted by: Mquest | December 18, 2005 at 09:42 AM